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Heartbroke City June 2, 2006

Posted by spacemom in : Sports , 1 comment so far

Last night, the Buffalo Sabres bid for the Stanley Cup ended. Game 7 of the 7 game series ended, 4-2 in favor of the Carolina Hurricanes. I can only support the Edmonton Oilers in their quest for the Cup at this point.

At the end of the game, I called Becky, who is still in the area. Her son had burst into tears and run upstairs when the game ended. Actually, when Carolina scored with a minute left. She told him, "We’re Buffalo. Get used to it"
(She actually told him that the team had a chance next year, you can’t always win, all the good mom things)

The thing that I have never comprehended is why Buffalo is such a sports city. But we are.
We live and breathe sports. Our souls are connected with the plays of our teams.

When the Bills went to the Superbowl and lost 4 times, we felt the pain.

When the Sabres had the no goal against them in 1999, we all cried foul.

And last night, I felt ill knowing that my team  would, once again, not win the Cup.

I don’t understand this. Dr. Jay pointed out that the pain of your team losing is stronger than your team winning (we are guessing here since he is from Cleveland and they never win either).

Becky and I agreed. It is because of the Cigarette Man from X-Files(do a search on Buffalo). That is why Buffalo is in mourning today.

I know there are more important things to worry about, but right now, I feel so sad for Buffalo

TV Land May 16, 2006

Posted by spacemom in : Current Affairs, Sports, I dream of sleep , 4 comments

I am pathetic.

Here are the things I have recently watched on TV:

Do you see a pattern here? Sports and kid shows (the Penguins were for the kids, but now I have to explain why seals eat Penguins. Lovely)

I read about American Idol. I have NEVER seen it. I read about Lost, again, I have never seen it.
But damn, I know my Disney movies!

I know many people TIVO stuff (hey, look! I made a verb from a noun!), but even if I had the will to spend $10 bucks more a month, would I really watch it? I wonder. How do you all have TIME to watch TIVO? Really?

Here’s a quick breakdown of my day:

Have small child(ren) attack our bed. Turn on TV, snooze for 60 minutes while PBS educates them (don’t even start with me, YOU get up with them at 6 am if you don’t like TV as a babysitter). Then, get up, shower, get girls dressed, get me dressed not always in that order. Solve crisis du jour (today was Soleil’s jammies fell off when she went to the bathroom, 30 minute scream fest), eat, get everybody in car. Drive to daycare. Drop off, hope Luna doesn’t scream. Work. Enjoy the quiet. Get back to daycare, get girls, get home, Dr. Jay cooks, I play, we eat, I clean, Get ready for bed. 1 hour of getting girls to bed (or longer) and by 9-10, we are done. Then we want to sleep.

I assume some of you (parents) have kids that sleep. Really. I don’t, so TV is what I can watch when I can watch it.
Sigh…

I suspect Johnny will be shaking his head and saying something about crime, but I always thought we would get some semblance of sleep. We still have nights when Soleil is up until 11. She’s in her room, but we can’t force her to sleep….

Have I mentioned it’s still raining? Cities northeast of us are floating away

Southern Hockey or Bubba, this just ain’t right! December 5, 2005

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Since we are parents, hence, stuck home in the evenings, Dr. Jay bought me the hockey package on our cable. This means I get hockey almost every night. I love it. I am a huge hockey fan and it really helps to watch 10-60 minutes before going to bed.

On Saturday, we watched the Nashville Predators game. First of, Hockey does not belong in Tennessee. OK? I can understand Florida; all of those snowbirds need something. I can understand Dallas; Texas has this thing for having everything (sorry Johnny and MMM), and well Phoenix falls under the Florida rule. BUT TENNESSEE?

Then the announcers. Oh My G-d! The hockey package picks up the local broadcast. So, we get the Nashville announcers. We heard things like "well, tell you what, I see that he might score himself a goal here tonight" I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!  And the pronunciations! There is a player named "Degardens" Pronounced "Day-zjar-dans" (French Canadian). The one announcer kept saying "Dee-gardens". I was doubled over in laughter.

And Finally, the jerseys.Just look at that color!! Does that not make you want to scream and run away?

Hockey does not belong in Tennessee…. Sorry if you hang your hat there, but it just doesn’t belong there…